20 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Antennae of ^ bipectinate to apex, pectinations long. 

 Anterior coxse hairy. Posterior tibiae with all spurs present. 

 Wings clothed with fine hairs. Forewings with 2 from f, 

 3, 4, 5 separately from near angle, 6 from near upper angle, 

 7, 9 stalked, 8 absent, 10 connate with 9, 11 from f. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated at base to 4, 

 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing with cell to ^. 



lONTHAS ATARACTA. 



cLTaQaxrog, unperturbed. 

 lonthas ataracta, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. Suppl. i., p. 777. 



^ 24 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellow. Palpi fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous ; pectinations in ^ very long (10). 

 Thorax fuscous ; tegulae pale ochreous-yellow. Abdomen 

 ochreous. Legs fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded ; oblique ; 

 pale fuscous ; cilia fuscous-whitish. Hindwings broad, 

 termen rounded ; pale ochreous-yellow ; a moderate fuscous 

 terminal band, attenuated shortly beneath apex ; cilia 

 pale-fuscous. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Warwick, in October ; one specimen. 



Subfam. Arctianae. 



Rhodogastria timiolis, n. sp. 



xifXioXtq, worthy of honour. 



$ 9 60-64 mm. Head whitish, with a black dot on 

 crown and another on forehead. Palpi short (1), not nearly 

 reaching vertex ; rosy, beneath whitish, apices of joints 

 broadly blackish. Antennae blackish, towards base rosy ; 

 in (J with minute almost inappreciable ciliations and short 

 bristles (|). Thorax whitish with ten black dots, one 

 each on tegulae and patagia, and a double row of three 

 on thorax. Abdomen rosy ; basal segments in $ partly 

 whitish-ochreous ; a double lateral row of black dots ; 

 beneath whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish longitudinally 

 streaked with rosy ; tarsi io.?y ; a black dot on base of 

 anterior coxae. Forewings elongate-oval, costa strongly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, 

 strongly oblique ; whitish, semihyaline ; a black dot on 

 base of costa, a second on middle of base, and a third 



